Survival Strategies for Self-Defense, Martial Arts, and Law Enforcement.
An intense martial arts primer with a concentration on techniques of offense, strategy, and pre-emption, rather than defense and reaction. There are many self-defense books on the market, all of which stress reaction in the face of an attacker's aggression, and few of which are not hampered by invalid assumptions derived from carefully constrained martial sports. The emphasis is overwhelmingly on reactive technique, rather than proactive strategy. With a slavish dedication to the wrong training paradigm and unrealistic goals and attitudes, a fighter who suddenly faces the fight of his life has to make a complete shift, or fail. Reaction time is seldom as fast as the time it takes to attack. All the dedication and hard training in the world can't alter or overcome this unpleasant fact.
With black-and-white photographs and straightforward description, MacYoung provides an indispensable handbook for those who are willing to take charge.
